Pierre Berton tribute

Cbc.ca
July 11, 2014

Happy birthday to Pierre Berton, one of Canada's most prolific media personalities and authors.

Berton, who was born in Whitehorse on July 12, 1920, established himself as one of the country's pre-eminent storytellers in a journalism career that spanned five decades (with many of those years hosting CBC public affairs and talk shows).

He was known for imbuing his interviews with range and intellectual depth but also for having an earnestly engaging manner. His passion for Canadian history, geography and culture was evident in his writing career. He published 50 books in his lifetime, many of which were about Canada's early frontier and military history, and were frequently lauded for their excellent research and accessibility.

To mark his birthday, we'd like to highlight some the great author interviews Berton had over the years.

http://www.cbc.ca/books/2014/07/pierre-berton-tribute.html

In this absolutely amazing archival clip from 1958, Berton speaks to Russian literary legend Vladimir Nabokov and American literary critic Lionel Trilling about Nabokov's hugely controversial novel Lolita.